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  1. Jira Data Center
  2. JRASERVER-72798

Change the Project Lead for Archived projects.

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      Issue Summary

      Currently we cannot deactivate users that are listed as the project lead for any archived projects.

      It is required to reactivate the project to edit the Project lead, although it would affect reports that uses the Project's Archive Date.

      Workaround

      Update the Project Lead from Database.

      update project set lead='JIRAUSERxxxx' where pname='ProjectName'

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            [JRASERVER-72798] Change the Project Lead for Archived projects.

            stellafredo added a comment -

            word around,  

            you can anonymize this user.

            stellafredo added a comment - word around,   you can anonymize this user.

            stellafredo added a comment -

            yes this feature is needed.

            stellafredo added a comment - yes this feature is needed.

            Uday Kiran Raparthy added a comment -

            This is one of the biggest challenges we face when deactivating users. At the very least, we should have a way to handle this via the REST API without needing to reactivate the project or make direct database updates.

            Uday Kiran Raparthy added a comment - This is one of the biggest challenges we face when deactivating users. At the very least, we should have a way to handle this via the REST API without needing to reactivate the project or make direct database updates.

            osztrovszkyzs added a comment -

            +1

            osztrovszkyzs added a comment - +1

            Carlos G. Melendez added a comment -

            +1

            Carlos G. Melendez added a comment - +1

            Kumaran added a comment -

            +1

            Kumaran added a comment - +1

            Jason Sheneman added a comment -

            Very annoying for us as well.  Had to fix a dozen archived projects today.  Rules should not apply to archived projects.  Or when archiving a projects remove the project lead since it is no longer relevant. 

            Jason Sheneman added a comment - Very annoying for us as well.  Had to fix a dozen archived projects today.  Rules should not apply to archived projects.  Or when archiving a projects remove the project lead since it is no longer relevant. 

            Freddie Joyce added a comment - - edited

            This issue is a massive pain for our organisation - one of our long-serving project managers has just left the business and I now need to unarchive 20+ projects, adjust the project lead, and re-archive them again. Updating the project lead via the database is not allowed according due to our internal data integrity control policies.

            Jira shouldn't prevent you from deactivating a user who is the lead on an archived project, so that the integrity of the original data can be maintained. If the project is later restored the Administrator who restores should be presented with an error message and a screen to set a new Project Lead.

            Freddie Joyce added a comment - - edited This issue is a massive pain for our organisation - one of our long-serving project managers has just left the business and I now need to unarchive 20+ projects, adjust the project lead, and re-archive them again. Updating the project lead via the database is not allowed according due to our internal data integrity control policies. Jira shouldn't prevent you from deactivating a user who is the lead on an archived project, so that the integrity of the original data can be maintained. If the project is later restored the Administrator who restores should be presented with an error message and a screen to set a new Project Lead.

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